Consumer Reports: Keep reading in quarantine

With stimulus checks hitting bank accounts across the country this week, many Americans seeing some relief when it comes to the bills that have been stacking up.

"CHELSEA HODSON'S BOOK&" BOOKCLUBS, LIKE MANY OTHER PUBLICGATHERINGS THESE DAYS, AREBEING HELD ON- LINE.

"IT'SBEEN REALLY GREAT FOREVERYBODY THAT'S COME TO THEBOOK CLUB TO HAVE A LITTLE BITOF INSIGHT INTO PEOPLE THATTHEY'RE NOT SITTING NEXT TO.

"WHILE IT MIGHT BE HARDER TOPHYSICALLY GO TO A BOOKSTOREOR LIBRARY THESE DAYS, YOU CANREAD AN E-BOOK.

CONSUMERREPORTS SAYS YOU MIGHT WANT TOCONSIDER A TABLET OR E-READER.CHYRON: NICHOLAS DE LEON,CONSUMER REPORTS TECH EDITOR"THE AMAZON KINDLE E-READERSARE THE BEST RATED IN OURRATINGS -- INCREDIBLE BATTERYLIFE, THE SCREEN IS REALLYLEGIBLE.

IF YOU WANT MOREFLEXIBILITY, A TABLET IS AMORE WELL-ROUNDED DEVICE.

THEFLIPSIDE THERE IS THAT TABLETSCAN BE MORE EXPENSIVE."LIBRARIES AROUND THE COUNTRYARE ENCOURAGING THEIR READERSTO GO DIGITAL WITH APPS LIKEOVERDRIVE, AND LIBBY.

ALL YOUNEED IS YOUR LIBRARY CARD TOSIGN UP.

THEN BROWSE THROUGHTHOUSANDS OF TITLES, CHOOSEWHAT YOU'D LIKE AND A DIGITALDOWNLOAD IS SENT TO YOURDEVICE FOR A SET NUMBER OFDAYS.

DON'T HAVE A TABLET ORE- READER?

NICHOLAS DE LEON"WHAT FOLKS MAY NOT KNOW ISTHAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILYNEED TO BUY EITHER AN E-READEROR A TABLET TO START READINGE-BOOKS." ALTHOUGH HARDER ONTHE EYES CR SAYS ALL OF THESEAPPS ALSO WORK ON A LAPTOP ORSMARTPHONE.

PREFER TO LISTENTO A BOOK?

TRY HOOPLA WHEREYOUR LIBRARY CARD GETS YOUACCESS TO THOUSANDS OFAUDIOBOOKS ALONG WITH MUSICAND MOVIES.

IF YOU SUBSCRIBETO AMAZON PRIME, YOU CANACCESS FREE E-BOOKS USINGPRIME READING AND THE KINDLEAPP.

AND CHECK OUT THE LIBRARYOF CONGRESS ONLINE, AS WELL ASPROJECT GUTENBERG, A FREEWEBSITE THAT MAKES DIGITALCOPIES OF OLD, NO LONGERCOPYRIGHTED BOOKS AVAILABLE.AND WHEN LIFE FINALLY RETURNSTO NORMAL, ALL OF THISE-READING MIGHT INSPIRE YOU TOPICK UP A BOOK AT YOUR LOCALLIBRARY IN PERSON.A CELBRITY FROM THE HIT SHOW"THE OFFICE" IS OFFERING UPSOMETHING FUN FOR HIGH SCHOOLSENIORS.

WHAT JOHN KRASINSKIIS DOING FOR THOSE KIDS WHOARE MISSING OUT ON PROM.

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